Jurnal Suficademic | Artikel No. 27 | Juni 2026
“THUMA’NINAH”: CARA AGAMA MEREGULASI JIWA YANG GELISAH
Oleh Said Muniruddin | Suficademic Supertrainer
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
Pendahuluan
DALAM dunia sufistik, tantangan terberat yang dihadapi para murid yang baru belajar zikir adalah sifat “terburu-buru”. Yaitu tidak tabah. Lalu tergesa-gesa ingin menyelesaikan amalannya.
Pun demikian dengan shalat yang kita kerjakan sehari-hari. Selalu saja kita buru, ingin cepat-cepat selesai. Kita mirip-mirip tidak ingin, atau mungkin tidak tau cara menikmatinya.
Sadar atau tidak, hampir semua sisi kehidupan dan pekerjaan sehari-hari kita eksekusi dengan cara tergesa-gesa atau terburu-buru. Disini Anda harus paham antara “menyegerakan” sesuatu dengan “terburu-buru”.
Menyegerakan sesuatu, itu bagus. Karena begitulah cara kita melawan penyakit suka “menunda-nunda” (procrastination). Dalam hal berbuat kebajikan misalnya, jangan ditunda. Lebih cepat, lebih baik. Kalau lapar, juga jangan ditunda. Segera makan. Jika tidak, lama-lama bisa kena maag kita.
Tapi kalau makan nasi, usahakan digigit dan dicicipi dulu. Agar dapat rasanya. Yang paling kita butuhkan sebenarnya adalah “rasa”. Bukan sekedar “kenyang”. Jangan karena ingin cepat selesai, langsung main telan saja. Tidak bagus untuk kesehatan perut. Bahkan saat minum pun kita ingin mendapatkan “rasanya”. Bukan sekedar meneguk cepat, lalu kehilangan taste-nya. Itu yang kami maksud dengan “tergesa-gesa” (terburu-buru).
Dalam dunia kerohanian, sifat terburu-buru juga menimbulkan penyakit yang sama. Semua ibadah dan pekerjaan yang dilakukan secara tergesa-gesa akan memiliki dampak negatif terhadap jiwa. Sifat “tergesa” adalah gejala hilangnya kesadaran (mindfulness). Bahkan lebih dalam lagi, gejala keterputusan hubungan dengan Tuhan.
‘Ajala: “The Hurry Sickness”
Dunia psikologi menyebut fenomena ini sebagai “the hurry sickness” (penyakit terburu-buru). Sementara Quran menamainya ‘Ajala. Dalam banyak hal, apakah terkait pekerjaan yang bersifat duniawi, ataupun urusan peribadatan lainnya, manusia selalu tergesa-gesa. Dan ini bisa mencedarai diri kita sendiri:
خُلِقَ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍۗ سَاُورِيْكُمْ اٰيٰتِيْ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنِ
“Manusia diciptakan (bersifat) tergesa-gesa. Kelak akan Aku perlihatkan kepadamu tanda-tanda (azab)-Ku. Maka, janganlah kamu meminta Aku menyegerakannya” (QS. Al-Anbiya: 37)
وَيَدْعُ الْإِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
“Dan manusia berdoa untuk kejahatan sebagaimana ia berdoa untuk kebaikan. Dan manusia itu bersifat tergesa-gesa” (QS. Al-Isra’: 11)
لَا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ (16) إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ (17) فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ (18) ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ
“Janganlah kamu gerakkan lidahmu untuk (membaca) Al Quran karena tergesa-gesa (ingin menguasai)-nya. Sesungguhnya atas tanggungan Kami-lah mengumpulkannya (di dadamu) dan (membuatmu pandai) membacanya. Apabila Kami telah selesai membacakannya maka ikutilah bacaannya itu. Kemudian, sesungguhnya atas tanggungan Kami-lah penjelasannya” (QS. Al-Qiyamah: 16-19).
Jadi, “hurry sickness” (‘ajala) adalah perilaku ingin cepat-cepat menyelesaikan sesuatu. Karenanya, pikiran jernih tidak hadir dalam proses itu. Akibat tekanan ingin cepat selesai, rasa tenang hilang dari jiwa. Padahal, rasa tenang hanya bisa di dapat ketika seseorang bisa bermain lebih dalam pada bidang pekerjaan itu.
Rasa tergesa-gesa boleh jadi muncul karena tekanan waktu. Tapi sebenarnya, itu terjadi karena sebuah penyakit yang disebut “rasa cemas” (anxiety). Rasa cemas adalah penyakit kejiwaan, “mind disorder”. Tidak singkronnya dimensi fisik dengan rasa. Sehingga membuat seseorang tidak bisa menikmati apa yang sedang terjadi.
Rasa cemas terjadi karena ketidakmampuan kita untuk “terkoneksi” dengan apa yang sedang kita lakukan. Kita tidak “hidup” atau “tidak hadir” dalam apa yang kita kerjakan. Lama kelamaan, jika tidak disembuhkan, sifat tergesa-gesa akan menjadi kebiasaan.
Healing dengan Zikir
Karena itu ada ibadah semacam “tahajud”. Tujuannya untuk menyembuhkan penyakit ini.
Bagi yang mengerti, mereka akan duduk berzikir dan bertawajuh sepanjang 3 jam pada pertengahan akhir malam, sampai azan subuh. Bagi sebagian lainnya, mungkin hanya bangun sebentar. Lalu shalat dua rakaat. Setelah itu akan tergesa-gesa untuk kembali ke ranjang tidurnya.
Seorang Guru Spiritual bisa mengarahkan muridnya untuk duduk berzikir selama 1 jam perhari. Pada kasus tertentu, bisa 3 jam perhari. Bagi para master, bisa 6 jam tanpa henti. Untuk durasi lebih lama, bisa 10, 30, sampai 40 hari secara kontinyu.
Ada yang berhasil melakukannya, sehingga menjadi kebiasaan baru. Ada yang masih terus mencoba. Ada pula yang gagal. Semua tergantung determinasi dan konsistensi si murid dalam menyembuhkan “hurry sickness”. Sebuah penyakit yang dimiliki oleh hampir semua orang di muka bumi.
“Zikir”. Kata-kata ini terkesan indah dan terbayang mudah untuk dikerjakan. Kenyataannya, aduhai berat. Karena itu Anda bisa melihat bagaimana orang-orang seketika pergi dari masjid setelah shalat. Tak ada yang mampu berzikir secara serius.
Kalau pun ada, mungkin hanya paket hemat: “Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Lailaha illalah, Allahu Akbar”. Itupun masing-masing hanya 33 kali. Hanya dengan basa-basi yang tidak sampai 5 menit, selesai. Tak ada yang sanggup duduk secara khusyuk dalam waktu lebih lama.
Zikir itu berat. Lawannya satu: diri kita sendiri. Tepatnya, ketergesaan dalam diri kita sendiri. Kita sering tergesa-gesa ingin segera keluar dari ruang ibadah. Walaupun juga tidak jelas apa yang mau kita kerjakan di luar sana setelah itu.
Orang yang tergesa-gesa akan mengalami kekosongan jiwa. Was-was (anxiety). Tidak “hudhur”. Ia tidak mampu hadir secara penuh pada waktu dan tempat dimana ia berada. Pikiran dan perasaannya gentayangan kemana-mana. Karenanya ia merasa jauh dari Tuhan. Sehingga hidupnya tidak tenang. Tidak bahagia. Padahal yang paling dicari adalah Tuhan dan ketenangan.
Mencapai “Jiwa yang Tenang”
Yang kita cari dalam semua pekerjaan adalah “Tuhan”. Dan Tuhan tidak sulit untuk dicari. Bahkan kita tidak perlu mencari Tuhan. Sebab, Tuhanlah yang mencari kita. Kalau kita penuhi syaratnya.
Dalam Al-Fajr 27-30 disebutkan, Tuhan mencari “jiwa yang tenang”. Dia hanya memanggil jiwa yang tenang. Maka, jika ingin bertemu Tuhan, atau ingin bersanad ruhani dengan “hamba-hamba” Tuhan (jamaah orang shaleh seperti nabi dan para wali), serta ingin merasakan dimensi surgawi sejak hidup di dunia, kuncinya satu: jiwa harus tenang. Jika ini terjadi, dimensi ketuhanan secara otomatis akan teraktivasi:
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ. ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً. فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى. وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى.
Hai jiwa yang tenang. Kembalilah kepada Tuhanmu dengan hati yang puas lagi diridhai-Nya. Maka masuklah ke dalam jama’ah hamba-hamba-Ku. masuklah ke dalam surga-Ku (QS. Al-Fajr: 27-30)
Obat Pertama: “Sabar”
Karena itu, obat “generik” pertama yang disarankan untuk mengobati penyakit tergesa-gesa (hurry sickness) adalah “sabar”. Bersabarlah dalam berjihad. Bangun kesadaran. Tetap siaga. Bertahanlah. Jangan terburu-buru. Bahkan dalam Aali Imran 200, kata “sabar” diulang dua kali. Dalam tarikat tertentu, ini menjadi pedoman dalam berzikir secara sungguh-sungguh:
يٰٓاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا اصْبِرُوْا وَصَابِرُوْا وَرَابِطُوْاۗ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُوْنَ
Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, bersabarlah kamu, kuatkanlah kesabaranmu, tetaplah bersiap siaga di perbatasan (negerimu), dan bertakwalah kepada Allah agar kamu beruntung (QS. Aali Imran: 200)
Dalam ayat lain ditegaskan, dimensi surgawi hanya bisa diraih oleh orang-orang yang berjihad dengan penuh kesabaran. Jihad itu banyak jenisnya. Semua bidang pekerjaan yang dijalani secara sungguh-sungguh dan mendalam, alias penuh kesabaran dan tidak tergesa-gesa, adalah jihad:
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Apakah kamu mengira bahwa kamu akan masuk surga, padahal belum nyata bagi Allah orang-orang yang berjihad diantaramu dan belum nyata orang-orang yang sabar (QS. Aali Imran: 142)
Obat Kedua: “Thuma’ninah”
Obat kedua yang bersifat lebih “spesifik” untuk mengobati rasa tergesa-gesa adalah: “thuma’ninah”. Thuma’ninah adalah terminologi praktikal khususnya dalam ibadah shalat. Salah satu yang menyebabkan rukun shalat menjadi sah adalah karena adanya thuma’ninah.
Shalat secara lahiriah adalah sebuah bentuk ibadah yang terdiri dari gerakan dan bacaan, yang diawali dari niat dan berakhir dengan salam. Detilnya tersusun dari 13 tindakan: niat, berdiri, takbiratul ihram, membaca Al-Fatihah, rukuk, iktidal, sujud, duduk di antara dua sujud, duduk tasyahud akhir, membaca tasyahud akhir, membaca shalawat, salam, dan tertib.
Dan thuma’ninah adalah sesuatu yang menurut para ulama mesti ada. Khususnya pada item seperti rukuk, iktidal, sujud, dan duduk antara dua sujud. Bahkan, untuk mencapai sholat yang berdimensi hakikat, thuma’ninah total diperlukan pada semua rukun shalat.
“Thuma’ninah” artinya sikap tenang atau berdiam sejenak dalam setiap gerakan salat, di mana semua anggota tubuh berhenti dan berada pada posisi sempurna sebelum melanjutkan ke gerakan berikutnya. Ini merupakan rukun salat yang wajib dilakukan agar ibadah sah.
Secara syariat begitu, “thuma’ninah” bertujuan meregulasi agar gerak tidak tergesa-gesa. Ada jeda (pause). Ada diam sejenak. Ada wukuf. Ada istirahat. Ada ruang kosong diantara setiap gerakan.
Thuma’ninah sama akar katanya dengan “muthmainnah”. Tujuannya sama-sama untuk melahirkan sikap tenang. Lewat pembentukan sikap lahiriah yang tenang, diharapkan lahir jiwa yang tenang. Sebab, sikap terburu-buru hanya melahirkan jiwa yang gelisah. Atau sebaliknya, jiwa yang gelisah juga dapat melahirkan gerak yang tergesa-gesa. Alhasil, ketenangan semakin tidak ada.
Jadi; sholat, zikir, serta ibadah dan aneka muamalah lainnya adalah bentuk-bentuk jihad yang harus dilakukan dengan penuh kesabaran. Harus ada wukufnya. Harus ada diamnya. Ada jeda qalbu di setiap gerak maupun bacaannya. Ada ketenangannya.
“Thuma’ninah” adalah metode praktis untuk mencapai jiwa yang tenang. Dalam sains moderen, jiwa yang tenang ditandai dengan turunnya gelombang otak dari Beta (14-40 Hz), ke Alfa (8-13 Hz), dan syukur jika bisa mencapai level Theta (4-7 Hz).
Shalat pada level Beta (14-40 Hz) misalnya, itu ditandai oleh pikiran kritis, curiga, was-was, tegang, analitis, aktifitas mental dan kognisinya tinggi, pikiran menerawang kemana-mana. Pada kondisi ini, kita sulit menemukan ketenangan. Tidak khusyuk. Nafas pasti pendek dan terburu-buru. Karena itu, sholat pada level ini cenderung dilakukan secara tergesa.
Untuk mencapai jiwa yang tenang, gerak shalat harus diperlambat. Dalam artian, tidak terburu-buru. Ada jeda. Ada wukuf. Dalam setiap ruang gerak dan bacaan dihadirkan “Wajah” Tuhannya. Itulah thuma’ninah. Sehingga, bisa dirasakan apa yang dibaca. Muncul visual spiritualnya. Hadir hati dan terhubung ke frekuensi Tuhan.
Lewat regulasi sufistik semacam ini, ketegangan gelombang otak bisa direduksi sampai ke level “relaksasi” (Alfa, 8-13 Hz). Bahkan bisa jauh lebih dalam ke level visual “transendental” (Theta, 4-7 Hz). Nafas pun mulai terasa dalam dan panjang. Itulah level khusyuk. Batin terasa tenang. Gelombang spiritual bisa terhubung dengan Tuhan. Doa-doa menjadi terkabulkan.
Bagi mereka yang sudah mahir dalam metode “thuma’ninah”, jiwanya akan sampai ke level muthmainnah. Pada kondisi ini, gelombang spiritual menjadi sangat sensitif. Muraqabahnya hidup. Mereka bisa ‘merasakan’, ‘mendengar’, dan ‘melihat’ Tuhan dalam shalatnya. Itulah “ihsan”. Secara hakikat, ada mata batin yang terbuka ketika seseorang berada pada kondisi “trance” semacam ini.
Dalil “Shalat adalah mikrajnya kaum mukmin” hanya bisa dicapai dan dibuktikan kebenarannya pada level praktik dan pengalaman semacam itu. Tentu perlu latihan berulang-ulang. Terkadang harus bersedia mengikuti langkah yang ditempuh para nabi. Perlu kesabaran dalam khalwat, suluk, uzlah, atau iktikaf pada durasi yang panjang. Dengan cara ini seseorang dapat meregulasi algoritma jiwanya agar kembali berada pada karakter yang tenang (muthmainnah).
Kalau sekedar merasa tenang atau berpura-pura tenang, siapapun bisa. Tapi lewat rasa tenang lalu seseorang bisa terbuka akses dengan Tuhan, itu ada metodenya. Para nabi dan penerusnya telah membuktikan itu.
Kesimpulan
“Hurry sickness” (‘ajala) adalah penyakit yang diderita oleh hampir semua. Manusia selalu tergesa-gesa dalam bertindak. Dan itu adalah pancaran penyakit anxiety (was-was) yang dideritanya. Karena itu mereka selalu kehilangan ruang untuk merasakan kehadiran Tuhan.
Sebaiknya kita tidak tergesa-gesa. Tidak tergesa-gesa bukan berarti harus menunda-nunda. Sesuatu yang baik tentu harus dilakukan secara segera. Namun ada ruang yang cukup bagi kita untuk menumbuhkan rasa. Paling tidak ada sedikit ruang thuma’ninah, ruang tenang, ruang kosong, ruang reflektif, ruang jeda, ruang bernafas, ruang hati, atau ruang sabar untuk menyaksikan kehadiran-Nya. Karena Tuhan berkata, dia hanya hadir bersama orang-orang yang bersabar. “… innallaha ma’ash shabirin” (QS. Al-Baqarah: 153).
Terakhir, “thuma’ninah” bukanlah ilmu yang eksklusif dalam praktik shalat atau zikir saja. Melainkan juga untuk diterapkan dalam semua sektor kehidupan. Sehingga lahir jiwa yang tenang, dan hadir Tuhan dalam berbagai bidang yang kita tekuni.
Allahumma shalli’ ala Muhammad wa Aali Muhammad.*****
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A small thing but the line spacing and font choices made reading this physically pleasant, and a look at progresswithforwardintent maintained the same careful design, technical choices about typography are part of what makes online reading actually comfortable and this site has clearly invested in the design layer alongside the content layer carefully.
Started reading and ended an hour later without realising the time had passed, and a look at focusacceleration produced the same time dilation effect, when content makes time feel different the writer has achieved something well beyond the average and this site is producing that experience for me reliably across multiple readings.
Now appreciating that the post did not try to imitate any other style I might recognise, and a stop at actionpoweredgrowth continued that distinct voice, content with its own register rather than borrowed from elsewhere is content with real authorial presence and this site has clearly developed that presence through what feels like patient editorial work.
A relief to read something where I did not have to fact check every claim mentally, and a look at directionsharpensfocus continued that reliable feeling, sites where I can lower my guard and trust the content are rare and this one is earning that trust paragraph by paragraph through consistent careful work behind the scenes.
Started reading expecting to disagree and ended mostly nodding along, and a look at momentumovernoise continued the pattern, content that wins agreement through evidence and reasoning rather than rhetorical force is the kind that actually shifts minds and this site clearly knows how to do that across what I have read so far.
However selective I am about new bookmarks this one made it past my filter, and a look at clarityguidesmotion confirmed the bookmark was worth the slot, the precious slots in my permanent bookmark folder are difficult to earn and this site earned one without making me think twice about whether the slot was justified by the quality.
Really appreciate the confidence to make a clear point rather than hedging everything, and a quick visit to actionintoprogress maintained the same direct stance, writing that takes positions rather than equivocating is more useful even when the positions are debatable because at least the reader has something to react to clearly.
Quietly the writers approach to the topic differs from the dominant takes I have been encountering, and a stop at buildwithmotion extended that distinctive approach, content that maintains a different perspective without explicitly arguing against the dominant ones is content with confident editorial identity and this site has that confidence throughout pieces.
A piece that read as if the writer was thinking carefully rather than just typing fluently, and a look at growthwithoutnoise continued that considered quality, the difference between fluent typing and careful thinking shows up in writing and this site reads as the product of thought rather than just the product of language fluency apparently.
Now planning to come back when I have the right kind of attention to read carefully, and a stop at focuspowersmovement reinforced that plan, choosing the right moment to read certain content is a quiet form of respect for the work and this site is generating those careful planning behaviours from me consistently as a reader.
This actually answered the question I had been searching for, and after I checked ideasintoresultsnow I had a few more pieces I had not realised I needed, that is the sign of a site that knows what its readers want before they even know how to ask it which is impressive.
This actually answered the question I had been searching for, and after I checked idearoute I had a few more pieces I had not realised I needed, that is the sign of a site that knows what its readers want before they even know how to ask it which is impressive.
Took a few notes from this post, the points are easy to remember without needing to come back and check, and a look at actionplanner added a couple more, the kind of place that sticks in the memory long after the browser tab has been closed for the day which says a lot really.
Stayed longer than planned because each section earned the next, and a look at ideasbecomemovement kept that pulling effect going across more pages, the kind of subtle pull that good writing exerts on attention is something I find harder and harder to resist when I encounter it on the open web today.
Reading this brought back an idea I had set aside months ago, and a stop at directionanchorsmotion added more substance to that idea, content that revives dormant projects in my own thinking is content with serious creative value and this site is contributing to my own work in ways I had not expected when first clicking through.
Closed the tab with a small sense of finality rather than the usual rushed exit, and a stop at focuscreatesleverage produced the same considered closing, when reading ends with deliberate satisfaction rather than impatient skip you know the time was well spent and this site is producing those satisfying endings consistently across what I read.